Chaker chalks up and prepares to lift weights. Chaker chalks up and prepares to lift weights.Tina Krohn Contributor This summer I’ll step onstage to compete as a professional athlete for the first ...

In idyllic settings around India’s coastal southwestern state of Kerala, photographer Keerthana Kunnath has been capturing images of muscular women flexing their heroic forms. Amid foaming waves, palm ...

* Sudden cardiac death was the leading cause of mortality among female bodybuilders * PED use, extreme training, and competition stress likely key contributors * Researchers urge //better cardiac ...

Sudden cardiac death is responsible for an unusually high proportion of deaths in female bodybuilders worldwide, according to research published in the European Heart Journal [1] today (Tuesday).

While many more women than before are participating in bodybuilding, the risks of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in particular, and of death overall, in this population, remain unknown. A recent study ...